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A lady my mum knows (call her Lisa) sells a product through an MLM channel that I like. The lady I used to buy off has packed it in. Made the mistake of buying off Lisa. Lisa now hounds me. Emails, post, texts inviting me to parties at peoples houses I don't know and don't want to go to. Half expecting her to turn up on my doorstep. I had started to ignore as best course of action.

She just rang my bloody landline at 9.30 on a Sunday morning to ask if I was going to the parties. I have no idea where she got my landline from for starters as I never give it out but second of all take a hint. I told her I was finding her too much and could she leave me alone undeterred she continued to tell me all about the parties. Said thanks goodbye put phone down. Five minutes later a text saying "sorry you think I'm a pest here are the party dates let me know if you can come" how do you get these people to take a bloody hint? I would actually like to buy some stuff off her but she just winds me up so I will find someone else. Do I reply or not?

Must have been a slow week Come 🤷🏻‍♀️ I deal with the ICO almost daily and it’s not my personal experience.

GDPR is fast becoming one of the most ‘over-used’ (or certainly ‘over-referenced) and misunderstood policies in existence in my humble option.

"Lisa I have to be honest you have become a pest, I do NOT want to go any parties. I know where you are if I ever want anything. If you contact me again I will block you and buy off someone else. I don't know who gave you my landline but you have no permission to use that or any number again"

If she contacts you again say "Fuck off Lisa you desperate bitch"

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The reason to recomment it, is not in any great expectation that the ICO will do much.

It is more to remind the person who is breaching your personal data that it is wrong, they need to clean it up now, and that they can be compelled by law to do so if they don't get compliant now.

It does not matter whether it is a large organisation or a sole trader who is misusing your data. It is still wrong, and ICO is the appropriate first port of call.

I also reported and the person had a warning and was made to remove my details.

It's no excuse but these people turn into bots and there is nothing they won't do to sell their products. It''s because they are desperate - only those at the top of the pyramid make any money and those at the bottom barely make a profit at all. In some cases they lose a lot of money.

I don't know if you saw this thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3513458-To-be-left-broke-and-humiliated-after-an-mlm a cautionary tale for anyone tempted to join an MLM

I was about to say similar to silvery.
She is desperate and it's tricky if you still want to use the product I think I would say something along the line of
'please stop contacting me continually about XXmlmXx I do not want to attend parties or be recruited into selling. Whilst I like XX product XX I do not wish to try anymore and if your constant messaging /ringing me continues then I am afraid I will have to find another seller to buy my product from

Make it clear that you only ever want to buy your one set product and aren't going to be her cash cow for all her products and her newest recruit.